Ongoing: Whats a Sharecropper
What it comes down to is this: if you want to develop software, you can build for the Web and/or Unix and/or OSS platforms; or alternatively, you can be a sharecropper.
Whats a ShareCropper?
A farmer who works a farm owned by someone else. The owner provides the land, seed, and tools exchange for part of the crops and goods produced on the farm.
It�s a lousy position to be in, because you�re never going to make much, and if the land�s owner finds something better to do with the land, you�re history.
Browser of the Future
Don't try to re-invent the browser, please.